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5 <br /> IV. Current Situation <br /> • Only two observation wells exist in the County: <br /> • NC-126 USGS regolith (shallow) well on UNC- <br /> CH campus- Needs to be replaced. <br /> • NCDENR-DWR Caldwell bedrock (deeper) well <br /> off Guess Road. <br /> • Guilford County has an observation well network <br /> and Wake County is developing one. <br /> V. Orange County Geology <br /> • Cunningham and Daniel (2001) described the <br /> groundwater system in Orange County as a <br /> "regolith-fractured crystalline rock aquifer system". <br /> A. Regolith <br /> Unconsolidated material which overlies fractured <br /> crystalline bedrock- includes soil, weathered rock, <br /> etc. <br /> 3 <br />